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Poll Question: Which new band member had the biggest impact on the music?
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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2006 at 02:56
Originally posted by DeepPhreeze DeepPhreeze wrote:

David Gilmour.

He pretty much turned the band from a lighthearted 'experiment' to a very serious study of society and politics.
 
Well, that was Waters actually... Gilmour is notoriously not very good at writing lyrics, so that he had to ask his wife's help on "The Division Bell". On the other hand, I agree on his enormous musical influence.
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Points: 1455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2006 at 03:39
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Steve Hackett.... by a mile people


David Gilmour... come on....

with a Hackett you saw a quatum leap in the quality of Genesis... you didn't get that with Gilmour.  Some might argue it was a short term regression.
 
I with you, Micky.  The difference between 'Trespass' and 'Nursery Cryme' is like night and day, and it was because of Hackett (and, maybe to some extent, Collins on drums).  By the time we get to 'Selling England by the Pound,' a different Hackett-esque signature was present on the band.  Indeed, when Peter Gabriel left, Hackett took the opportunity to record his first solo album and (as stated in the pictorial biography, "I Know What I Like") this kept Genesis from disbanding altogether.  Only after Hackett left did the band take a marked turn in the type of music they had engineered during the Hackett years.
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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2006 at 04:32
I notice that the emphasis is on the positive side, almost everybody mentions Hackett, Gilmour, Wakeman and Neil Peart, I had expected more votes for Phil Collins because he (in my opinion) ruined the symphonic rock direction from Genesis. But in fact I am glad with all those positive reactions because it is more constructive and interesting to read Thumbs Up , thanks!
 
By the way, I have always been a Steve Hackett fan, indeed he changed a lot: his Robert Fripp inspired sound added more power to Genesis, Anthony Phillips was more a folky-oriented player. Hackett has also a varied style, just watch the early Genesis footage on the bootlegs, incredible how inventive and creative!
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